FIVE BULBS WITH BITE

1 ‘CHESNOK RED’

A hard-neck variety from Georgia that’s admired for its purple-striped bulbs and strong-tasting cloves enclosed in red skin. 2 ‘GERMIDOUR’

A soft-neck garlic from across the Channel that generates large white bulbs with mild-tasting cloves.

3 ‘EARLY PURPLE WIGHT’

Bred on the Isle of Wight, this soft-neck variety has strongly flavoured cloves that are wrapped in purple and white bulbs. 4 ‘RHAPSODY WIGHT’

Developed from an old French variety, this softneck garlic produces large bulbs with white skin mottled with purple. 5 ‘EDENROSE’

Originating in France, this hard-neck type, below, forms white bulbs that are filled with rose-skinned cloves with a delicate taste.